Persistent criticism of the obvious flaws of the
supplemental 1989
Report of the Task Force on Circumcision has caused the
AAP to distance itself from its own report. The AAP has
removed its policy statement from its website. The AAP
convened a new Task Force under the chair of Carole Marie
Lannon, MD, in 1997 to develop a new evidence-based
policy statement which was released in March 1999. After
fully reviewing the medical evidence, the Task Force
concluded that routine neonatal circumcision cannot be
recommended because of lack of any proved benefit. It said
that the benefits are "potential" (. they are
unproven).